Area Law Enforcement
Roughly fifty automobiles have been covered with what appears to be human bodily fluid in the German town of Hanau close to Frankfurt, police confirm authorities.
Automobiles, exterior walls and mailboxes were marked, occasionally with prohibited symbols, they announced in a release.
Officers say they were contacted in the late hours on Wednesday evening, when a individual discovered that a automobile in the Lamboy area of Hanau had been smeared with a reddish substance.
The substance had been applied in the pattern of a banned symbol, they reported.
Law enforcement then discovered multiple other vandalized vehicles and building exteriors in the adjacent neighborhood.
Swastikas are banned in Germany under legislation prohibiting the public exhibition of Nazi-era symbols.
Officials state initial examinations suggest the liquid was likely human bodily fluid.
"At present there remains no indication as to its origin; officials are currently not informed of any physical harm in connection with the event," they stated.
Local authorities announced they were working "to resolve the incident" and have asked to the public for information.
A senior political figure said the vandalism rendered him without words and had to be resolved quickly.
"This incident hits the very heart of Hanau and revives the pain of the far-right terrorist attack five years ago," he wrote on online, referring to the killing of nine individuals by a gunman targeting residents of foreign heritage in February 2020.
